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Lao Ma looked up in confusion, wondering why Lord Ryan didn't act according to the routine.

When Hao Ren heard this, he almost laughed out loud, but he was afraid of ruining the performance, so he could only bury his head lower, shrug his shoulders slightly, and try hard not to laugh.

Ryan looked at Lao Ma's dumbfounded expression and Hao Ren's attempt to suppress a smile, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

However, he quickly suppressed the corners of his mouth, still remaining indifferent on the surface, but his tone was slightly slower:
"Alright, everyone, get up. Since you two have indeed made contributions, I'll let it go this time."

"If you dare to act so presumptuously in front of me again, I will punish you without mercy, no matter how much your clan leader begs for mercy!"

Monroe, who was standing by, showed an expression of sudden enlightenment when he heard this. No wonder these two young nobles looked so reckless. It turned out that they were descendants of big families who came here to gain seniority and merit.

This also made Monroe see once again the gap between people. These two young nobles were about the same age as him, but they could command Dragonite, but he was still complacent over a Salamander.

Monroe clenched his fists tightly, the unwillingness in his heart almost turned into tangible flames, completely igniting his ambition.

But he also knew his current situation, so he didn't dare to reveal his ambition. He could only stare at the ground, not even daring to raise his head.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, sir!"

Hao Ren and Lao Ma, feeling as if they had been pardoned, quickly stood up and obediently stepped aside, not daring to say another word.

Ryan's gaze returned to Li Xiang. He walked forward and looked him up and down, as if evaluating this "outstanding-looking" civilian trial-taker.

"An ordinary trial participant?" Ryan's voice was a little playful. He looked into Li Xiang's eyes and said with interest:
"You must be special to be able to be 'taken care of' by a priestess."

Li Xiang lowered his head, trying to make himself look nervous, his voice trembling just the right amount:
"My Lord, I was caught by bad luck, I really don't know anything!
"The high priest took pity on me and just took care of me a little. Please understand!"

Wow, look at his acting skills, he is a veteran actor!
Seeing Li Xiang's excellent acting skills, Ryan admired him in his heart and did not forget to glance at Lao Ma.

They are all players from the official department, so why is there such a big gap between them?

Old Ma also noticed Ryan's look. He stretched out his arm and poked Hao Ren, and asked expectantly:
"Lord Ryan just looked at me. Is he going to increase my favorability again?"

"Why should he favor you? Because you're handsome? Or because you're a good actor?" Hao Ren asked back unhappily.

Hearing this, Lao Ma said a little embarrassedly: "Why are you suddenly praising me? It makes me shy."

Hao Ren: ".As long as you are happy."

Ryan on the other side continued to act with Li Xiang: "Oh? Really?"

He turned to look at "Karina" without comment, and asked in a teasing and tentative tone:
"Priest Kalina, why don't you just tell me directly, is this young man your confidant? Or is it just because of his face?"

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"Why don't you speak? Are you mute?" Ryan asked with a frown.

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Karina, transformed by Soraya, remained silent. If it didn't know that Ryan was one of its own, it might have been scared and turned back to its original form.

But Li Xiang had already explained the situation to it on the way here, so it was not afraid at all at this time. It was even observing Ryan curiously, accumulating materials for its own transformation.

"Please forgive me, my lord. Priest Kalina may have been intimidated by the momentum of you and the Calamity Dragonite, and she doesn't know what to say."

Li Xiang interrupted at the right time, doing his best to delay time.

Ryan looked at Li Xiang suspiciously, then glanced at the silent "Karina", as if he noticed something was wrong.

Just as he was about to order Gardevoir to reveal the truth, a voice suddenly came:
"My Lord Viscount! I want to report it! This Kalina priest might be a fake!"

Ryan looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw Mord shouting excitedly, his eyes full of the pleasure of revenge.

Does this guy have a grudge against Li Xiang?

Forget it, since he is willing to stand up and expose Li Xiang’s “lies”, let’s give the stage to him to perform, and treat it as his farewell performance.

So Ryan pretended to be displeased and asked, "What do you mean by that? Could it be that this Kalina priest is someone else pretending to be someone else?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hao Ren said anxiously: "This is impossible! We have already asked the trial-taker of the Shadow Church, and she is Priest Kalina!"

After that, he glared at Morde fiercely: "Do you think others are blind, or do you want to protect this priestess?"

Molde became anxious upon hearing this and quickly denied, "How could I possibly protect Karina? I wish I could kill her with my own hands!"

Hao Ren curled his lips: "Who knows whether what you said is true or false? If you have the guts, bring out the evidence. Otherwise, you are slandering the nobles. I will make a request to Lord Ryan and have you executed personally!"

Lao Ma echoed, "That's right, where's your evidence?"

"Of course I have evidence!" Molde said stiffly.

To be honest, he regrets it very much now. He had managed to save his life with great difficulty, so why did he have to get involved in this mess? He was too impulsive and was eager to kill Li Xiang.

But at this point, he has no way out and can only choose to take a gamble. Fortunately, he is very confident that he will win this gamble!

Molde took a deep breath, raised the corners of his mouth, and explained to Ryan with a charming smile:

"Your Excellency, I'm telling you that this civilian trialist named Salted Fish was indeed captured."

"But he and Kalina have a very close relationship. In order for him to pass this trial smoothly, Kalina even snatched a single sword sheath from me!"

"And this kid is really lucky. First, he subdued the sword sheath by some unknown means, and then he rescued a Tantan rat that I caught. Guess what happened in the end?"

I'm a kid? Still guessing!

Ryan's cold eyes swept across Mord, frightening him so much that he shivered and asked himself in a panic:

"It turns out that the Tantan rat was actually transformed by Zoroark!"

Seeing a hint of surprise on Ryan's face, Molde's eyes flashed with pride, and then he continued:
"You must be aware of Zoroark's abilities. This monster can transform into any monster or human it sees, making it difficult to tell the real from the fake."

"But this ability to transform is not without flaws, especially when transforming into a human. For example, even if Zoroark transforms into a human, he cannot speak human language."

"Coincidentally, this 'Karina' hasn't said a word from the beginning till now, so she is most likely a phantom created by Zoroark in order to buy time for the real Karina to escape!"

Molde pointed at "Karina", but his eyes were fixed on Li Xiang. When he saw Li Xiang's panicked expression, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell, and then he felt a sense of revenge.

Damn you, aren't you lucky? Aren't you relying on Karina's protection to jump around in front of me? Now you jump again!

Those useless trial-takers can't do anything to you, but this Viscount Ryan can always deal with you easily, right?

If you dare to deceive the nobles, even if you have ten lives, they will not be enough to kill you!
It’s stable, it’s really stable this time!

If Li Xiang can survive this, he will...he will die for Li Xiang!
Li Xiang naturally saw Molder's malicious eyes, but he was too lazy to bother with a dead person, so he continued to show off his acting skills.

I saw a stiff smile on his lips, and he said unnaturally:
"I don't understand what you are talking about. I have never tamed a monster like Zoroa. You are clearly..."

Before Li Xiang could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ryan: "Gardeto, Zoroark is evil, you know what to do!"

"Shala!"

Gardevoir nodded slightly, and colorful light suddenly bloomed on its body. The powerful fairy attribute energy gathered into a ball of light, pressing towards "Karina" like a mountain.

Just when this ball of light was about to hit "Karina", a flash of light suddenly appeared on her body and she turned into a small black beast, which hurriedly hid behind Li Xiang.

Seeing this, Molde shouted ecstatically, "Hahahaha! I knew it! I knew it!!"

Monroe, who was keeping out of the matter, widened his eyes and his pupils suddenly contracted. He didn't expect that what Mold said was true.

Xianyu actually subdued the rare Zoroark and used his own life as bait to cover the escape of Priest Kalina.

It's strange, why did Xianyu do this? Was it really to repay a favor? Or was he conquered by the charm of Priest Kalina?
Monroe was puzzled, but the look he gave Li Xiang was full of pity.

He had the same idea as Molde, both believed that Li Xiang was doomed. You know, nobles care about face the most, and Li Xiang's actions were undoubtedly a slap in Ryan's face.

"What a pity." Monroe muttered to himself, his voice so soft that only he could hear it.

Hao Ren and Lao Ma looked at each other, knowing that it was time to show their true acting skills. They then drew their swords in frustration, pointed at Li Xiang and cursed:
"You damned pariah! How dare you lie to us!"

"Asshole! I'm going to chop off your head and use it as a chamber pot!"

Li Xiang picked up the trembling Soraya with a calm face, as if he had already put life and death aside.

"Shut up, everyone!"

Ryan's deep voice rang out on the beach, followed by waves of dragon roars.

Under the shock of the Scourge Dragonite, everyone present shut their mouths instantly, fearing that Ryan's anger would be directed at themselves.

Ryan walked forward expressionlessly, silently staring at this daring civilian trial-taker with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

After a while, he suddenly reached out his hand, touched Soraya's head, and said softly: "Aren't you afraid?"

Although Ryan was caressing Soraya, Li wanted to know whether this question was being asked to him, so he replied with a wry smile:

"How can I not be afraid? To be honest, my legs are almost unable to stand."

"Then why are you still doing this? Weren't you captured by them?" Ryan asked.

Li Xiang shook his head: "I am different from other civilian trial participants. I was captured from a deserted island and brought aboard by them."

"Before I boarded the ship, I had lost my past memories and could only survive on the deserted island. If they hadn't caught me on the ship, I would have died on the island sooner or later."

Ryan stopped what he was doing and asked in a strange tone, "So you are repaying them for saving your life?"

Li Xiang shrugged: "It sounds a bit ridiculous, but it's the truth."

Ryan retracted his right hand, crossed his arms over his chest and said, "If someone else said this, I would just think he was making excuses."

"But you are different. I heard that this Zoroa was still a rat before you rescued him."

"Since you are willing to save an ordinary Tantan rat, it is not surprising that you cover the escape of Priest Kalina in order to repay the favor."

Ryan's tone did not reveal anger, but rather a hint of appreciation.

This shocked Monroe and Molde, who were unaware of the situation. Could it be possible that Li Xiang could survive in such a desperate situation?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Molde was so angry that his back teeth were almost broken, because Ryan learned from what he said that Li Xiang rescued Tantan Mouse, and thus developed a good impression of him.

In other words, if Li Xiang could really survive, he could not say that he had made a great contribution, but he could say that he had made a great contribution. How could he accept this?

He opened his mouth to stir up trouble, but was intimidated by Dragonite's power and had to swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"By the way, where is your sword scabbard?" Ryan asked with pretended curiosity.

Li Xiang replied: "I knew it was doomed to die, so I let it go."

"Oh? Then you will just ignore this Zoroa?" Ryan stretched out his finger and tapped Zoroa's little head again.

This little guy’s acting skills are pretty good. His body is still shaking slightly, and you can tell at a glance that he is scared. His acting skills are much better than Lao Ma’s.

Ryan praised Soraya in his heart, but he didn't know that Soraya's fear was not acted out.

The [Magic Flash] that Gardevoir had just used put too much pressure on it. Although it knew that both sides were acting and that this move could not really hit it, it still left a deep psychological trauma.

Li Xiang looked down at Soraya in his arms and said helplessly:
"There's no other way. If we want to buy time for Priest Kalina, we have to use this little guy's ability."

"But it should be a very rare magical beast. Even Morde wants to snatch it. So I think you will not vent your anger on this little guy, but will keep it."

"As for the lone sword sheath, I heard that the rumors about it are not good. You may not be willing to accept it, so I released it."

Li Xiang's explanation was well-reasoned. Ryan nodded with satisfaction and invited:

"Very good, you are a man of integrity and intelligence. I admire talents like you. Do you want to join my team?"

After hearing these words, Molder felt as if the sky had fallen.

No, this can keep this kid alive? (End of this chapter)